Motorway
M54 traffic and collisions
The M54 is a motorway of 24.8 miles, from Staffordshire to Telford and Wrekin. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 461m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 50,949 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 74,257 J1 to J2
- HGV share 9.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −0.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 63 2.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the M54?
On an average day in 2025, 50,949 vehicles passed each point on the M54, counting both directions. The busiest section is J1 to J2 (Staffordshire), with 74,257 a day; the quietest listed is J6 to J7, with 22,577.
Busiest sections, 2025
J1 to J2 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| J1 to J2 Staffordshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 9.5% | 74,257 |
| M54 Slip Road going into Roundabout at A4510 to M54 Crosses Offoxey Road Staffordshire · 4.0 mi · HGVs 10.7% | 62,789 |
| M54 Crosses Offoxey Road to J3 Shropshire · 2.8 mi · HGVs 10.7% | 62,789 |
| J3 to J4 Shropshire · 4.9 mi · HGVs 10.3% | 60,201 |
| Slip lanes to A5(T) to J6 Telford and Wrekin · 1.7 mi · HGVs 5.7% | 56,229 |
| J4 to Slip lanes Telford and Wrekin · 1.7 mi · HGVs 5.7% | 49,638 |
| Roundabout where A449 (Stafford Road) and A4510 meet to M54 Slip Road going into Roundabout at A4510 Staffordshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 10.8% | 49,221 |
| M6 (10A) to J1 Staffordshire · 2.4 mi · HGVs 10.4% | 48,738 |
| J6 to J7 Telford and Wrekin · 2.5 mi · HGVs 9.2% | 22,577 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Staffordshire to Telford and Wrekin · 24.8 miles
M54 traffic and collisions by section
10 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 6 short link roads and spurs (2.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M6 (10A) to J1Staffordshire | 48,738 | 7 |
| 2 | J1 to J2Staffordshire | 74,257 | 11 |
| 3 | Roundabout where A449 (Stafford Road) and A4510 meet to M54 Slip Road going into Roundabout at A4510Staffordshire | 49,221 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | M54 Slip Road going into Roundabout at A4510 to M54 Crosses Offoxey RoadStaffordshire | 62,789 | 8 |
| 5 | M54 Crosses Offoxey Road to J3Shropshire | 62,789 | 12 |
| 6 | J3 to J4Shropshire | 60,201 | 10 |
| 7 | J4 to Slip lanesTelford and Wrekin | 49,638 | 5 |
| 8 | At Slip lanesTelford and Wrekin | 39,360 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | Slip lanes to A5(T) to J6Telford and Wrekin | 56,229 | 4 |
| 10 | J6 to J7Telford and Wrekin | 22,577 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the M54 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.
M54 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 73.7% of the vehicle miles on the M54. HGVs account for 9.5%, rising to 10.8% on Roundabout where A449 (Stafford Road) and A4510 meet to M54 Slip Road going into Roundabout at A4510.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.3% |
| 2001 | 12.1% |
| 2002 | 11.7% |
| 2003 | 11.3% |
| 2004 | 11.2% |
| 2005 | 10.6% |
| 2006 | 10.9% |
| 2007 | 10.7% |
| 2008 | 10.9% |
| 2009 | 10.4% |
| 2010 | 10.1% |
| 2011 | 9.7% |
| 2012 | 10.2% |
| 2013 | 10.5% |
| 2014 | 10.4% |
| 2015 | 10.3% |
| 2016 | 11.2% |
| 2017 | 12.1% |
| 2018 | 12.1% |
| 2019 | 11.1% |
| 2020 | 13.6% |
| 2021 | 12.4% |
| 2022 | 11.3% |
| 2023 | 10.2% |
| 2024 | 9.5% |
| 2025 | 9.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
M54 traffic trend
Traffic on the M54 came to 461 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and up 14.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 39.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 323m |
| 2001 | 340m |
| 2002 | 342m |
| 2003 | 365m |
| 2004 | 375m |
| 2005 | 382m |
| 2006 | 371m |
| 2007 | 363m |
| 2008 | 366m |
| 2009 | 360m |
| 2010 | 342m |
| 2011 | 366m |
| 2012 | 375m |
| 2013 | 380m |
| 2014 | 402m |
| 2015 | 403m |
| 2016 | 423m |
| 2017 | 453m |
| 2018 | 461m |
| 2019 | 458m |
| 2020 | 348m |
| 2021 | 424m |
| 2022 | 465m |
| 2023 | 475m |
| 2024 | 462m |
| 2025 | 461m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 38,618 |
| 2001 | 40,652 |
| 2002 | 40,920 |
| 2003 | 43,638 |
| 2004 | 44,909 |
| 2005 | 45,751 |
| 2006 | 42,321 |
| 2007 | 41,480 |
| 2008 | 41,726 |
| 2009 | 41,042 |
| 2010 | 39,053 |
| 2011 | 41,723 |
| 2012 | 42,780 |
| 2013 | 43,318 |
| 2014 | 45,875 |
| 2015 | 46,031 |
| 2016 | 47,125 |
| 2017 | 50,402 |
| 2018 | 51,350 |
| 2019 | 50,961 |
| 2020 | 38,738 |
| 2021 | 46,830 |
| 2022 | 51,357 |
| 2023 | 52,470 |
| 2024 | 50,983 |
| 2025 | 50,949 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years. In 2025, 7 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
M54 collisions
Police recorded 63 collisions with the M54 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 15 of them fatal or serious. That is 2.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 4.9 for all motorways in Great Britain. On average there were 0.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 8.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 11 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Sections with the highest collision rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.
| Section | Per 100m vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| J1 to J2 Staffordshire · 11 collisions | 4.9 |
| M54 Crosses Offoxey Road to J3 Shropshire · 12 collisions | 4.0 |
| J3 to J4 Shropshire · 10 collisions | 1.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 11 collisions were recorded at junctions where the M54 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the M54
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Staffordshire
- Shropshire
- Telford and Wrekin
Planned closures on the M54 in England
National Highways has 7 planned closures on the M54 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 3 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 7 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Lane or slip Lane 2 closure eastbound
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Carriageway M54 westbound Jct 2 exit slip road closure
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Lane or slip Lane 2 closure eastbound
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Lane or slip Lane 2 closure eastbound
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Lane or slip Lane 2 closure eastbound
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Carriageway M54 eastbound Jct 3 to Jct 2 carriageway closure
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Carriageway M54 eastbound Jct 3 to Jct 2 carriageway closure
Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK
Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic counts and vehicle mix | Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2000 to 2025 | 16 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 63 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Planned closures | Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways | 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 | 2,304 planned closure schemes | 16 September 2026 |
- Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
- Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
- Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
- STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
- Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
- Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
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